Notes about LOST (6.17) - "The End"
Morning folks! A fantastic end to the greatest TV series, ever. I wasn't expecting a lot of answers, so I wasn't irritated when they didn't give us too many in terms of the mythology or even Walt. I always loved the spiritual and religious aspect of the show and how the finale used these themes was terrific. We have much to talk about, so let's do this. And thanks to getlostpodcast and lost-media for their hardwork and caps!!
THINGS I NOTICED ABOUT LOST:
- Opening scene- I found the opening scene of this episode to be pretty interesting. We saw the arrival of the coffin, Sawyer looking at himself in the mirror (which is a theme i've mentioned before for season 6), and so forth.
And of course, it set all the pieces in the place, but these were the two things that stuck out, especially with Sawyer and the mirror.
- Priest!- I loved how the coffin delivery guy asked Desmond if he was a priest to which Desmond kinda chuckled. and of course this is great as we know that Des was in monk training, but got kicked out.
- Hurley's nerdery- I enjoyed Hurley's nerd STAR WARS moments in this episode. His comment about Jacob being like yoda was great, but I LOVED his "I have a bad feeling about this" which echoes the SW saga. We saw his love of SW way back in season 5 too.
- Safehouse- From what I can tell, the hotel/apt area that Hurley brought Sayid to was the location of their safehouse in season 5; this is where Sayid was attacked and drugged and Hurley was spotted after a guy was tossed out of a window.
Hurley would later be suspected of murder. I also enjoyed how he emphasized the importance of choice to Sayid, a very critical theme of the show.
- Fate- When Charlie was visited by Hurley tonight, he had resorted to an old habit we saw on the island: tape on the fingers. When he first got to the island, he wrote FATE on them, followed by LATE. In the AU, we saw that once again he had written FATE on his fingers, hinting at how he believed it was his fate to die on the plane.
- "Irreversible"- Kate mentioned on the island that nothing was irreversible, echoing shades of Jack in the AU. Perhaps this hints to a greater theme in terms of the events in the AU? That we might die/perish, we move on, thus beating death/injury?
- Rose and Bernard!- SOOOO happy to see three of my favorite LOSTies show up in this episode: Rose, Bernard, and Vincent.
I found it interesting that Rose talked to Desmond about moving on as they had violated "the rules" by helping him out of the well, thus getting involved with the on-island rivalry. I guess they had a truce with Smokey, one that they broke. But it was another instance of the "rules" popping up.
- I knew it!- I figured that Ben was working against smokey and i was happy to see this was the case! Speaking of Ben, how the hell did he get out from that under that tree?!?! I understood the finale, but how this happened I don't have a clue!
Did one of the earthquakes shake the tree lose?!?!? I'm not sure, but that's my guess.
- They're alive!- It was revealed tonight that Frank and Alpert were both alive and well.
I found it interesting that now Jacob is dead, Alpert can age naturally and will die eventually.
- "Enus!"- I laughed when Sawyer referred to Miles as "Enos" in both timelines. Enos is of course one of the sidekicks from Dukes of Hazzard. He was actually one of the sherrif's deputies, and since miles was LaFleur's (sawyer's) deputy in the Dharma initiative, this name works pretty well.
- "It worked"- As many folks, including myself called, Juliet showed up as Sun and Jin's fertility doctor.
I found it interesting that her name was Juliet Carlson (not Burke as she wasn't married/divorced to Dr. Burke in this timeline). I googled Carlson, but found nothing.
It was also revealed that Juliet was Jack's ex-wife, hinting at a relationship of theirs that didn't work. This could hint at how their relationship never really worked on the island as Jack still had feelings for Kate and whatnot.
- Jack and Locke's conversation- Seriously, the editing in these scenes between the two of them were very well done. I loved how Jack joked that he could "kill" Locke and then added he was going to "fix" him. These were edited against the scenes of Jack and Esaulocke fighting, which was great.
- FIGHT! FIGHT!- The fight between Esaulocke and Jack was really awesome. I was pretty surprised when Jack got stabbed and even moreso when Esaulocke got capped and kicked off the cliff (much like how he kicked Jacob into the fire, jerk!).
I was wondering about the "rules" as Jacob and Esau couldn't hurt each other and I have two ideas:
1. Those rules only applied to Jacob and Esau and since Jacob is dead, they don't work and Esau wasn't aware of this.
2. Once the cork was popped out of the island, all bets were off as technically the light had gone out, meaning game over.
Either way, I'm pretty sure Jack was aware of this and knew that Esaulocke wasn't.
- Des's importance- We got the full gravity of Desmond's importance in this episode was he was the only one who could withstand the electromagetic properties of the light and pull the cork out. What i was curious about though were the glyphics in the cave and on the cork itself.
The egyptian elements of the island have never really been fully explained, but I'm going with the idea that those came from early candidates of the island and were later adopted by the Dharma folks, as seen in the hatch.
Also, did you notice the bones and bodies down there? I'm thinking that these were maybe previous attempts to check out the light, but all were failed attempts.
- Hints of Locke- I liked how Esaulocke tried to play it up like he was Locke; first, when talking to jack about the hatch, to which Jack scolded him for insulting his memory; also, very cool he said John was right and he wished he could tell him that. And when Esaulocke commented on the thunderstorm arriving on the island. This reminded me of when Locke would say when it was about to rain in season 1 and later in season 4.
I also loved the shot of the two of them staring down the waterfall as it greatly resembled the shot of Jack and Locke staring into the hatch.
- Evil?- I'm still trying to sort out just what exactly the island is keeping at bay. We know from Jacob and whatnot that the island is holding back great evil, but with the red, fire induced spectacle we saw I'm almost inclined to state that it's more literal: Hell.
Granted, these could go hand in hand as Hell is a place of pure evil, so either idea works, but with all of the red and almost lava/fire we saw there, I'm going with a more Hellish slant. But again, both ideas work!
- "Whatever happened, happened"- Jack told Desmond in the OT that he did not want to leave the island and whatever happened, happened. We've heard this before many times, mainly in terms of time travel and how things cannot be changed. This showed a great deal of growth for Jack as he always wanted to fix things and here, he realizes that things just happen and they cannot always be fixed.
- "With a little from my friends......"- tonight marked a huge reunion of epic sorts as many LOST characters showed up in the AU, triggering a massive amount of memory recollection. We had:
Shannon and Sayid- Sayid saves Shannon and the two remember their on island love.
And I loved how Boone played a part in the whole thing.
I can't help but wonder how Hurley got him involved, but alas, we weren't meant to see that. I did like how Hurley talked to Sayid about who he was and the good that Sayid had in him. He also talked about free will to Sayid, another important theme of the show.
Kate, Claire, and Charlie- Kate and Claire regained their island time during the delivery while Charlie just needed Claire to touch his hand. I thought this part was fantastically beautiful and moving.
Sawyer and Juliet- SOOOOOO happy to see them back together.
And who do we have to thank for this one? The mighty Apollo bar!
Seriously, had that thing not gotten stuck in that machine, this might have never happened. It also reminded me of the season 5 finale when we saw Jack and Jacob meet after Jack's apollo bar gets stuck and he and Jacob chat.
Locke- After regaining use of his legs, John's memories returned to him. I liked how he just plainly said, "it worked," which reminded me of when Juliet told Miles "it worked" after she died in the beginning of the season.
Sun and Jin- This was great as Juliet's scene with Sun reminded me of the scene in the season 2 episode, "D.O.C." and I was uber happy when they flashed this episode for Sun's memories. I also loved how they were able to speak perfect english at that point, but also how they were smiley and happy when they met Sawyer. They couldn't help but laugh at Sawyer, of all people, being a cop and this was great to see.
Jack- perhaps the most important memory session came from Jack touching his father's coffin; he had been remembering things during the episode, but this was the final nail in the..............box.............and would seal the deal in terms of memories.
- Party People!- I did like how some of the minor, yet loved characters showed up in this episode. We had Charlotte meeting Daniel and Daniel jamming out with Driveshaft, complete with both Charlie and Liam.
We also saw Dr. Pierre Chang at the podium.
I'm still trying to find out what song they all performed, but haven't had any luck so far. Any help with this would be great!
But the chat between Des and Eloise Hawking was interesting as it revealed one huge tidbit of info: she was well aware of what this alternate world was; did you see the look on her face?
She KNEW and we get this as she asks Desmond if he's going to take Daniel and Desmond says it won't be him, hinting at the possibility that Daniel will be "taken" one day by somebody else or even on his own accord, but it won't be Desmond that does so.
- DUDE- Glad to see one of my previous ideas came true in that Hurley is the new Jacob/guardian of the island!! I loved how he brought in Ben as his #2 man, or advisor if you will. Very cool to see this happen as it makes sense as Hurley is the purest of the group and Ben has the most experience. Plus, the two haven't shared much hatred over the years, minus a season 5 off island squirmish.
The two also share one of my favorite LOST scenes ever:
An offering of condolences after Ben's daughter had been murdered. This scene illustrates just why Hurley is perfect for the new job.
- Island departure- Some of the LOSTies do end up making it off the island: Miles, Frank, Kate, Sawyer, Claire, and Richard.
I found it interesting that Kate told Jack to tell her that they would see each other again and how this would come back in the finale scenes of the show when Kate said something along the lines of "I've waited a long time for you."
- Church Window- The group of LOSTies headed to a church (which from what I could gather was the same church from season 5) and so did Jack. There was a pretty obvious window that he passed which sported symbols from major religions: christianity, islam, judaism, Taoism (the ying and yang also hint at the black and white imagery with jacob and Esau), hinduism, and buddhism.
As LOST is a show that has themes of all religions, this was a nice touch.
- The big Reveal- So, we at last learned the true meaning of the alternate universe/flash sideways world: it was the purgatory this whole time. Some suggest that this is a result of the jughead detonation, but I think I might disagree. Jughead did kick the LOSTies to 2007, but this timeline has nothing to do with time and space itself, it's on a totally different plane of existence, beyond time and space. But this space was created as a means of the LOSTies to find each other as they were all united and shared a bond from their experience(s) dealing on/off the island. I know that some folks are confused as to why folks that we saw were alive and well moments ago in this room, but like Christian told Jack: these folks died both long before and long after Jack's death and this is how they're reunited and how they will take that next step in their spiritual journey of the afterlife. Like Desmond and Penny, did they die in the finale? No, but they would die later on as all things die and this is their own purgatory, waiting for loved ones to move on to the next step. Or like Sawyer and Kate, they didn't die in the plane nor was the island purgatory. They died later in their lives and reunited with each other as their friendships/relationships played a crucial part in their lives. So, when Juliet said, "it worked," she was hinting at the afterlife, not an actual new timeline. The final shots of the LOSTies shows the moving into the afterlife and whatever lies next. Very, VERY beautiful.
and what about our friend, Benjamin Linus, sitting out front?
To me, he's atoning for his bad actions/sins, hence the apology to Locke. Or maybe he's waiting for Alex to join him? I did like the conversation that he had with Hurley though, as Hurley thanked him for being a great number two. What did he mean by this? It would seem that Hurley and Ben would remain on the island for years, maybe two, maybe 200, but at this point in the afterlife, they had both finally died/been dead, possibly passing the island into the hands of a new candidate. I would LOVE to get an idea of what these two shared and did on the island, but that is up to speculation (and fan fic!).
- Full Circle- And at long last, we have the final moments of the show that brought the show full circle in a fantastically brilliant way. Jack, dying, walks through the bamboo field we first saw him lying in the very first episode in season 1, walking by a shoe (christians) and falling to the ground. And just as he did before, Vincent shows up to help guide Jack, lying next to him (another beautiful moment) as Jack dies, closing his eye;
remember that the very first shot of the entire show was Jack's eye opening and to end the show on the eye closing was a great touch.
The beginning
The End
THE NUMBERS (4 8 15 16 23 42)
- David, Claire, etc sat at table 23.
- Sawyer's apollo bar was in slot G23. We have 23 and G is 7th letter of the alphabet. So, we have 23 and if you take 23-7 you get 16.
- It was said that Sayid killed 4 people.
- The number on the coffin's transport was: A3A 0051 AQ. Nothing with the three; A is the first letter of the alphabet. nothing too much with the 0051. A again is the 3rd letter while Q is the 17th letter. I tried these, but really came up with nothing.
- the license on the van at Widmore's place is 2VXW505. We have the digits of 2,5,0,5, which doesn't give us much. V is the 22nd letter, X is the 24th while W is the 23rd, so we have one here.
And I do believe that's all folks. It's crazy, really crazy to think that this is really the end. In fact, when I first realized that this was over, done, finito, finished, my general reaction was pretty much like this:
But alas, all things have to end. I just can't help but reflect on all of the time I spent with this show, both watching it and writing this blog. LOST hit me in a very odd time as I just graduated with my Bachelor's and I was taking time off and applying for graduate school programs. I actually referred to this as my own "purgatory" (which makes me laugh now), but since I had very little to do besides work, i was able to dive head first into LOST and to get really into it. I got several friends into it, some of which still haven't forgiven me for it (hahaha you know who you are!). But I have many great memories of watching the show with my friends and my (would be) wife. I started the show during a time of change and I finish LOST now starting another chapter in my life. I have a Master's degree, a teaching position, a beautiful and fantastic wife, a little pug whose middle name is Jacob (after LOST), and I have more readers than I ever thought I would. I started these weekly blogs as a means to help my friends understand the easter eggs. I never imagined it would have tens of thousands of reads over the last year. Words cannot describe how grateful I am at you folks reading my blog and sharing your ideas, theories, etc with not only myself, but fellow readers around the world. There are countless LOST blogs out there, but you folks landed on mine and chose to stick with me. I've had many comments and e-mails over these last few years too. I've gotten e-mails from everybody from die hard LOSTies in New York to readers in Russia and the middle east. I love the community that surrounds this show. It's been really fantastic.
I do plan on sending out another e-mail/posting a blog when the new waves of bobbleheads hit and when the season 6 score/DVD are released as reminders, but as for LOST blogs, this is the last one.
As always, feel free to post your ideas, theories, etc, etc. I do hope all of you folks take care and behave yourselves. :)
'till next time true believers.
THINGS I NOTICED ABOUT LOST:
- Opening scene- I found the opening scene of this episode to be pretty interesting. We saw the arrival of the coffin, Sawyer looking at himself in the mirror (which is a theme i've mentioned before for season 6), and so forth.
And of course, it set all the pieces in the place, but these were the two things that stuck out, especially with Sawyer and the mirror.
- Priest!- I loved how the coffin delivery guy asked Desmond if he was a priest to which Desmond kinda chuckled. and of course this is great as we know that Des was in monk training, but got kicked out.
- Hurley's nerdery- I enjoyed Hurley's nerd STAR WARS moments in this episode. His comment about Jacob being like yoda was great, but I LOVED his "I have a bad feeling about this" which echoes the SW saga. We saw his love of SW way back in season 5 too.
- Safehouse- From what I can tell, the hotel/apt area that Hurley brought Sayid to was the location of their safehouse in season 5; this is where Sayid was attacked and drugged and Hurley was spotted after a guy was tossed out of a window.
Hurley would later be suspected of murder. I also enjoyed how he emphasized the importance of choice to Sayid, a very critical theme of the show.
- Fate- When Charlie was visited by Hurley tonight, he had resorted to an old habit we saw on the island: tape on the fingers. When he first got to the island, he wrote FATE on them, followed by LATE. In the AU, we saw that once again he had written FATE on his fingers, hinting at how he believed it was his fate to die on the plane.
- "Irreversible"- Kate mentioned on the island that nothing was irreversible, echoing shades of Jack in the AU. Perhaps this hints to a greater theme in terms of the events in the AU? That we might die/perish, we move on, thus beating death/injury?
- Rose and Bernard!- SOOOO happy to see three of my favorite LOSTies show up in this episode: Rose, Bernard, and Vincent.
I found it interesting that Rose talked to Desmond about moving on as they had violated "the rules" by helping him out of the well, thus getting involved with the on-island rivalry. I guess they had a truce with Smokey, one that they broke. But it was another instance of the "rules" popping up.
- I knew it!- I figured that Ben was working against smokey and i was happy to see this was the case! Speaking of Ben, how the hell did he get out from that under that tree?!?! I understood the finale, but how this happened I don't have a clue!
Did one of the earthquakes shake the tree lose?!?!? I'm not sure, but that's my guess.
- They're alive!- It was revealed tonight that Frank and Alpert were both alive and well.
I found it interesting that now Jacob is dead, Alpert can age naturally and will die eventually.
- "Enus!"- I laughed when Sawyer referred to Miles as "Enos" in both timelines. Enos is of course one of the sidekicks from Dukes of Hazzard. He was actually one of the sherrif's deputies, and since miles was LaFleur's (sawyer's) deputy in the Dharma initiative, this name works pretty well.
- "It worked"- As many folks, including myself called, Juliet showed up as Sun and Jin's fertility doctor.
I found it interesting that her name was Juliet Carlson (not Burke as she wasn't married/divorced to Dr. Burke in this timeline). I googled Carlson, but found nothing.
It was also revealed that Juliet was Jack's ex-wife, hinting at a relationship of theirs that didn't work. This could hint at how their relationship never really worked on the island as Jack still had feelings for Kate and whatnot.
- Jack and Locke's conversation- Seriously, the editing in these scenes between the two of them were very well done. I loved how Jack joked that he could "kill" Locke and then added he was going to "fix" him. These were edited against the scenes of Jack and Esaulocke fighting, which was great.
- FIGHT! FIGHT!- The fight between Esaulocke and Jack was really awesome. I was pretty surprised when Jack got stabbed and even moreso when Esaulocke got capped and kicked off the cliff (much like how he kicked Jacob into the fire, jerk!).
I was wondering about the "rules" as Jacob and Esau couldn't hurt each other and I have two ideas:
1. Those rules only applied to Jacob and Esau and since Jacob is dead, they don't work and Esau wasn't aware of this.
2. Once the cork was popped out of the island, all bets were off as technically the light had gone out, meaning game over.
Either way, I'm pretty sure Jack was aware of this and knew that Esaulocke wasn't.
- Des's importance- We got the full gravity of Desmond's importance in this episode was he was the only one who could withstand the electromagetic properties of the light and pull the cork out. What i was curious about though were the glyphics in the cave and on the cork itself.
The egyptian elements of the island have never really been fully explained, but I'm going with the idea that those came from early candidates of the island and were later adopted by the Dharma folks, as seen in the hatch.
Also, did you notice the bones and bodies down there? I'm thinking that these were maybe previous attempts to check out the light, but all were failed attempts.
- Hints of Locke- I liked how Esaulocke tried to play it up like he was Locke; first, when talking to jack about the hatch, to which Jack scolded him for insulting his memory; also, very cool he said John was right and he wished he could tell him that. And when Esaulocke commented on the thunderstorm arriving on the island. This reminded me of when Locke would say when it was about to rain in season 1 and later in season 4.
I also loved the shot of the two of them staring down the waterfall as it greatly resembled the shot of Jack and Locke staring into the hatch.
- Evil?- I'm still trying to sort out just what exactly the island is keeping at bay. We know from Jacob and whatnot that the island is holding back great evil, but with the red, fire induced spectacle we saw I'm almost inclined to state that it's more literal: Hell.
Granted, these could go hand in hand as Hell is a place of pure evil, so either idea works, but with all of the red and almost lava/fire we saw there, I'm going with a more Hellish slant. But again, both ideas work!
- "Whatever happened, happened"- Jack told Desmond in the OT that he did not want to leave the island and whatever happened, happened. We've heard this before many times, mainly in terms of time travel and how things cannot be changed. This showed a great deal of growth for Jack as he always wanted to fix things and here, he realizes that things just happen and they cannot always be fixed.
- "With a little from my friends......"- tonight marked a huge reunion of epic sorts as many LOST characters showed up in the AU, triggering a massive amount of memory recollection. We had:
Shannon and Sayid- Sayid saves Shannon and the two remember their on island love.
And I loved how Boone played a part in the whole thing.
I can't help but wonder how Hurley got him involved, but alas, we weren't meant to see that. I did like how Hurley talked to Sayid about who he was and the good that Sayid had in him. He also talked about free will to Sayid, another important theme of the show.
Kate, Claire, and Charlie- Kate and Claire regained their island time during the delivery while Charlie just needed Claire to touch his hand. I thought this part was fantastically beautiful and moving.
Sawyer and Juliet- SOOOOOO happy to see them back together.
And who do we have to thank for this one? The mighty Apollo bar!
Seriously, had that thing not gotten stuck in that machine, this might have never happened. It also reminded me of the season 5 finale when we saw Jack and Jacob meet after Jack's apollo bar gets stuck and he and Jacob chat.
Locke- After regaining use of his legs, John's memories returned to him. I liked how he just plainly said, "it worked," which reminded me of when Juliet told Miles "it worked" after she died in the beginning of the season.
Sun and Jin- This was great as Juliet's scene with Sun reminded me of the scene in the season 2 episode, "D.O.C." and I was uber happy when they flashed this episode for Sun's memories. I also loved how they were able to speak perfect english at that point, but also how they were smiley and happy when they met Sawyer. They couldn't help but laugh at Sawyer, of all people, being a cop and this was great to see.
Jack- perhaps the most important memory session came from Jack touching his father's coffin; he had been remembering things during the episode, but this was the final nail in the..............box.............and would seal the deal in terms of memories.
- Party People!- I did like how some of the minor, yet loved characters showed up in this episode. We had Charlotte meeting Daniel and Daniel jamming out with Driveshaft, complete with both Charlie and Liam.
We also saw Dr. Pierre Chang at the podium.
I'm still trying to find out what song they all performed, but haven't had any luck so far. Any help with this would be great!
But the chat between Des and Eloise Hawking was interesting as it revealed one huge tidbit of info: she was well aware of what this alternate world was; did you see the look on her face?
She KNEW and we get this as she asks Desmond if he's going to take Daniel and Desmond says it won't be him, hinting at the possibility that Daniel will be "taken" one day by somebody else or even on his own accord, but it won't be Desmond that does so.
- DUDE- Glad to see one of my previous ideas came true in that Hurley is the new Jacob/guardian of the island!! I loved how he brought in Ben as his #2 man, or advisor if you will. Very cool to see this happen as it makes sense as Hurley is the purest of the group and Ben has the most experience. Plus, the two haven't shared much hatred over the years, minus a season 5 off island squirmish.
The two also share one of my favorite LOST scenes ever:
An offering of condolences after Ben's daughter had been murdered. This scene illustrates just why Hurley is perfect for the new job.
- Island departure- Some of the LOSTies do end up making it off the island: Miles, Frank, Kate, Sawyer, Claire, and Richard.
I found it interesting that Kate told Jack to tell her that they would see each other again and how this would come back in the finale scenes of the show when Kate said something along the lines of "I've waited a long time for you."
- Church Window- The group of LOSTies headed to a church (which from what I could gather was the same church from season 5) and so did Jack. There was a pretty obvious window that he passed which sported symbols from major religions: christianity, islam, judaism, Taoism (the ying and yang also hint at the black and white imagery with jacob and Esau), hinduism, and buddhism.
As LOST is a show that has themes of all religions, this was a nice touch.
- The big Reveal- So, we at last learned the true meaning of the alternate universe/flash sideways world: it was the purgatory this whole time. Some suggest that this is a result of the jughead detonation, but I think I might disagree. Jughead did kick the LOSTies to 2007, but this timeline has nothing to do with time and space itself, it's on a totally different plane of existence, beyond time and space. But this space was created as a means of the LOSTies to find each other as they were all united and shared a bond from their experience(s) dealing on/off the island. I know that some folks are confused as to why folks that we saw were alive and well moments ago in this room, but like Christian told Jack: these folks died both long before and long after Jack's death and this is how they're reunited and how they will take that next step in their spiritual journey of the afterlife. Like Desmond and Penny, did they die in the finale? No, but they would die later on as all things die and this is their own purgatory, waiting for loved ones to move on to the next step. Or like Sawyer and Kate, they didn't die in the plane nor was the island purgatory. They died later in their lives and reunited with each other as their friendships/relationships played a crucial part in their lives. So, when Juliet said, "it worked," she was hinting at the afterlife, not an actual new timeline. The final shots of the LOSTies shows the moving into the afterlife and whatever lies next. Very, VERY beautiful.
and what about our friend, Benjamin Linus, sitting out front?
To me, he's atoning for his bad actions/sins, hence the apology to Locke. Or maybe he's waiting for Alex to join him? I did like the conversation that he had with Hurley though, as Hurley thanked him for being a great number two. What did he mean by this? It would seem that Hurley and Ben would remain on the island for years, maybe two, maybe 200, but at this point in the afterlife, they had both finally died/been dead, possibly passing the island into the hands of a new candidate. I would LOVE to get an idea of what these two shared and did on the island, but that is up to speculation (and fan fic!).
- Full Circle- And at long last, we have the final moments of the show that brought the show full circle in a fantastically brilliant way. Jack, dying, walks through the bamboo field we first saw him lying in the very first episode in season 1, walking by a shoe (christians) and falling to the ground. And just as he did before, Vincent shows up to help guide Jack, lying next to him (another beautiful moment) as Jack dies, closing his eye;
remember that the very first shot of the entire show was Jack's eye opening and to end the show on the eye closing was a great touch.
The beginning
The End
THE NUMBERS (4 8 15 16 23 42)
- David, Claire, etc sat at table 23.
- Sawyer's apollo bar was in slot G23. We have 23 and G is 7th letter of the alphabet. So, we have 23 and if you take 23-7 you get 16.
- It was said that Sayid killed 4 people.
- The number on the coffin's transport was: A3A 0051 AQ. Nothing with the three; A is the first letter of the alphabet. nothing too much with the 0051. A again is the 3rd letter while Q is the 17th letter. I tried these, but really came up with nothing.
- the license on the van at Widmore's place is 2VXW505. We have the digits of 2,5,0,5, which doesn't give us much. V is the 22nd letter, X is the 24th while W is the 23rd, so we have one here.
And I do believe that's all folks. It's crazy, really crazy to think that this is really the end. In fact, when I first realized that this was over, done, finito, finished, my general reaction was pretty much like this:
But alas, all things have to end. I just can't help but reflect on all of the time I spent with this show, both watching it and writing this blog. LOST hit me in a very odd time as I just graduated with my Bachelor's and I was taking time off and applying for graduate school programs. I actually referred to this as my own "purgatory" (which makes me laugh now), but since I had very little to do besides work, i was able to dive head first into LOST and to get really into it. I got several friends into it, some of which still haven't forgiven me for it (hahaha you know who you are!). But I have many great memories of watching the show with my friends and my (would be) wife. I started the show during a time of change and I finish LOST now starting another chapter in my life. I have a Master's degree, a teaching position, a beautiful and fantastic wife, a little pug whose middle name is Jacob (after LOST), and I have more readers than I ever thought I would. I started these weekly blogs as a means to help my friends understand the easter eggs. I never imagined it would have tens of thousands of reads over the last year. Words cannot describe how grateful I am at you folks reading my blog and sharing your ideas, theories, etc with not only myself, but fellow readers around the world. There are countless LOST blogs out there, but you folks landed on mine and chose to stick with me. I've had many comments and e-mails over these last few years too. I've gotten e-mails from everybody from die hard LOSTies in New York to readers in Russia and the middle east. I love the community that surrounds this show. It's been really fantastic.
I do plan on sending out another e-mail/posting a blog when the new waves of bobbleheads hit and when the season 6 score/DVD are released as reminders, but as for LOST blogs, this is the last one.
As always, feel free to post your ideas, theories, etc, etc. I do hope all of you folks take care and behave yourselves. :)
'till next time true believers.